Load-binder.



F. A. KBNNEY.

LOAD BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.30, 1910.

1,020,650. I Patentd Mar. 19,1912;

UNITED S'IA'IES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK A. KENNEY, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR TO THE KENNEY TRUCKCOMPANY, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, A CORPORATION OF OREGON.

LOAD-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Application filed April 30, 1910. Serial No. 558,724..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. KEN- NEY, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the countyof Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Lead- Binders, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part thereof.

This invention relates to improvements in load binders, designedprimarily for securing lumber on a wagon.

The object of the invention is to provide a load binder which may bequickly and conveniently operated in operation, and to simplify theparts to a minimum.

The invention also comprehends improvements in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a wagon, illustrating theapplication of the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a detail view of theslidable bar.

To illustrate the application of the invention, I have shown aconventional type of lumber wagon, comprising a body a, rear wheels 7),front running gear 6, front wheels d, and transverse bolsters 0.

Extending from the running gear 0, is a hollow tongue f, formed on itsupper side with an opening, and adjacent therewith with ears. Pivotedbetween the ears, is a gravity pawl 70 the end of which fits in theopening in the hollow tongue. Slidably mounted in the hollow tongue is abar 9, formed on the inner upper surface with ratchet teeth It, withwhich the pawl 79 en gage to hold the bar in fixed position when thebinder is in use. The outer free end of the bar 9 is formed with twospaced apart hooks i and y', the free ends of which are arranged inalinement with each other to form a guide for a chain 0. The spaceformed between the hooks form a seat for a latch bar Z, and having anopening 412/ engaging the shank of the hook 2', to provide a pivotalconnection. The latch bar Z, is formed on its under side with a notch orrecess a, which when the said latch bar is in operative position, is inalinement with the guide formed by the two hooks.

In operation, the chain 0, is passed around the lumber, and the free endis passed through the eyes of the hooks as shown in Fig. 1. Then thelatch bar I is thrown across the chain in the space 70, the notch a,engaging over one of the links of the chain and preventing movement ofthe latter. The bar 9 is now drawn outwardly to tighten the chain, theend of the pawl p, engaging with the teeth It, and preventing thetension of the chain pulling the bar back into the hollow tongue. Torelease the load the pawl 79 is disengaged from the ratchet teeth, andthe chain is thereby slackened and may be conveniently removed from thepile of lumber.

What I claim is:

1. In a load hinder, the combination of a hollow tongue, a bar slidablymounted in the hollow tongue and provided at its outer free end withinwardly turned alined hooks to form a chain guide, said hooks beingspaced apart to form a seat, a latch bar pivoted to the slidably mountedbar having a notch which when the latch bar is thrown into the spaceformed between the two hooks, is in alinement with the centers of saidhooks to engage and lock a tying chain, and means on the hollow tongueto hold the slidable bar in adjusted position.

2. In a load hinder the combination of a hollow tongue, a bar slidablymounted in said hollow tongue and provided on its face .with ratchetteeth, a dog mounted on the hollow tongue to cooperate with the ratchetteeth, the slidably mounted bar having hooks arranged transverselyparallel to each other and spaced apart, a chain passing through thehooks and adapted to engage and hold a pile of lumber, and means securedto the outer end of the slidable bar to engage with the links of thechain intermediate the hooks to hold the chain in fixed position.

3. In a load hinder, the combination of a hollow tongue a bar slidablymounted in said tongue and provided on one face with ratchet teeth, adog arranged to engage with the ratchet teeth, hooks on the outer end ofthe slidable bar, said hooks arranged transhooks, said latch bar havinga recess to en versely parallel to each other and spaced gage the linksof the chain between the apart, a chain adapted to engage and hold ahooks.

pile of lumber, one end of said. chain passing FREDERICK A. KENNEYi 5through the hooks, and a latch bar secured WVitnesses:

to said sliolable bar and comprising an eye at- GEORGE VVALLAQE,

one end to' removably engage one of the C. B. LONG.

- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

